Guangdong Yangjiang has a long history of knife making and is now the leading knife city in China. Founded in 1983, Eighteen Sons is one of the senior representative brands of kitchen knives in China, with an annual output of nearly half of the national market share, and the sales volume of kitchen knives has ranked first among similar products for many years.
 
Chinese kitchen knife brands focus on affordable and practical products, kitchen knife materials are relatively ordinary, such as 4 chrome steel, 5 chromium steel and 8 chromium steel and other stainless steel, the larger the number, the higher the carbon content, but the performance is below VG-10, the use of blades made of these steels is far less than VG-10 steel kitchen knives, the price is affordable, the blade is strong and durable.
 
Eighteen Zizuo 5 chrome steel and 8 chrome steel series are its cost-effective product lines, the overall performance is medium, and the performance is better among Chinese brand kitchen knives, with a price between 100 and 200 yuan. The hardness is between 55-57 HRC, and the initial sharpness of the blade is good, but the retention is slightly poor, and it needs to be sharpened frequently.
 
There are many products under each series of Eighteen Zizuo, which have absolute local advantages in knife design, which is in line with the usage habits of Chinese. In addition to the mainstream slicing knives and bone chopping knives, there are also comprehensive chopping knives, the first two-thirds of this knife type is suitable for cutting, and the back part is suitable for chopping, but the operation is more skillful, it is recommended to choose two knife types to handle different ingredients.